Nippers for cutting pegs from boots or shoes



(No Model.)

J. G. GREEN.

NIPPBRS FOR CUTTING PEGS PROM BOOTS OR SHOES. v No. 397,909. Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

Fiji.

UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

JOHN C. GREEN, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

NIPPERS FOR CUTTING PEGS FROM BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,909, dated February 19, 1889.

Application filed April 14, 1888. Serial No. 270,643. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. GREEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nippers; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to nippers; and it consists in the improved implement hereinafter described, whereby a simple and efficient arrangement is provided for removing the projecting portions of nails and pegs from the interior of a shoe, boot, or similar article.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a vertical front view of a nipping-tool constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sideview of the same, showing the general configuration of the tool. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tool; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the dotted line a a, Fig. 1.

The two sections A B comprising the tool are pivoted together near their upper ends, as ordinarily, by means of a screw-pivot, a. The portions of said sections above the pivot, forming the jaws b c, are each provided on their adjacent faces, and at one edge only of the same, with knife-flanges d, which form the cutters of the tool. The arrangement and location of these cutters are best shown in Fig. l. The sides eof said jaws l) c, on which said cutters are located, are so curved that they can conjointly form a convex portion, the central part of which is presented by the outer surfaces of the cutters. This insures a bearing for the jaws" (when they are opened) by the outer faces of the cutters, so that the latter can close with certainty upon any intermediate projection extending from the surface upon which said jaws In y rest. This disposition also enables said cutters to work close to the surface of the article from which they are to cut the projection.

By reference to Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seen that the tool throughout its length is bent or curved. This may be readilyaccomplished during the formation of the individual sections, and gives the completed tool an important advantage, since it enables it to be inserted in a shoe or similar article, so that the jaws and their cutters will work close to the sole, while the handle-occupies a position relative to said jaws as will readily permit its convenient manipulation.

A bent leaf-spring, O, is secured to the innor side of the section A, and has its free end bearing against the inner side of the section B, so as to maintain the jaws in an open position when they are not pressed together.

It will be obvious that the improved tool herein described is not only simple, cheap, and durable, but of great value for the purposes stated.

I am aware that it is not new to provide nippers of this kind with cutting-edges adapted to lie flat on the surface from which a nail is to be removed; but so far as I am aware no nippers have been produced in which a curved cutting-edge and a curved handle are combined. By this combination a tool whereby nails in the toe of a shoe may be removed is produced, and this construction constitutes my invention.

I claim- A nipping-tool designed for removing nails from the interior of boots or shoes, consisting of two sections pivoted together, forming handle and jaw portion, the jaw portion being provided with side cutting-edges, each section being curved from the handle end to the pivot on a long are of a circle, and the jaw portion being curved on a short are of a circle, whereby the introduction of the tool is facilitated and a bearing-surface for the cutting-jaws rcadil y obtained, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aifix. my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. GREEN.

Vitnesses:

DAVID H. MEAD, A. KEITHLEY. 

